The HLTA role is vital to the school and involves the planning and preparing of lessons and learning activities. You will be required to cover full classes in the absence of colleagues. You will also be required to manage and supervise pupil behaviour, and contribute to the maintenance of effective school administration. Are you driven to enable all children to succeed? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join us on a remarkable journey and contribute to achieving our vision to ensure that all children reach their full potential and become life-long learners.
In particular, successful applicants should have:
The Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification
Level 2 qualification in English/Literacy
Level 2 qualification in Maths/Numeracy
Be able to provide evidence of a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Have the necessary experience of teaching year groups within Key Stages 1 and 2
Excellent classroom practice with the ability to create a classroom atmosphere that is achievement orientated
You should:
Have excellent communication skills
Have the ability to build effective relationships with students, parents and other team members
Have the ability to contribute effectively to support team work
Willingness and ability to move between key stages if required
ICT skills for both personal and classroom use
Highly organised with the ability to work using your own initiative
We can offer:
A good school (Ofsted February 2019)
A bespoke CPD package to support people at every stage in their career
Opportunities to learn within a network of schools
Leadership development opportunities that help you realise your full potential
Polite and well-mannered children
Enthusiastic and inquisitive learners
Kind, caring and hardworking colleagues
An encouraging and supportive senior leadership team
Blue Light Discount
Why work with us:
There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:
▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development
▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing
You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
Iris Homer - Headteacher
01795 428689
office@kemsley-academy.org
Kemsley Primary Academy would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here are a preview of the questions/headings: